HD Install :: Frugal Explanation

I am using frugal and DSL 1.2.1 and running under QEMU. haven't changed anything. I see messages about backing up to /dev/hdb (which is the virtual hard disk), but I don't see any opitons for home= or opt=.

Is there some built-in use of /dev/hdb in frugal?

If I want persistant /opt and /home do I just modify the dsl-windows.bat and add to the -append argument a "home=/dev/hdb opt=/dev/hdb"

Thanks

With embedded you are "runing under Qemu" which is a virtual machine.
You are right to note that the backups are going to hdb which is a virtual drive.
Qemu does not allow access to the machines real devices.

In order to have more "drives" you would have to make more virtual drives for home and/or opt or you would have to use samba to be able to access the real devices on your machine. Either way, not a trivial task. But if you are in the mood to explore go for it. I don't see any reason why it would not work.

Running with liveDSL either cd or frugal it is very easy to accomplish. It is the current restrictions of Qemu that are the main obstacles here.

I was wondering where I am supposed to store my .dsl & .uci for my frugal installation. As of right now they are at /ramdisk/home/dsl and when I reboot they are not automatically installed, I have to go in emelfm and use the myDSL button. I used hda2 for all of the options such as /home, /opt, backup/restore and mydsl.

EDIT: I have also tried placing them in /mnt/hda2 and /mnt/hda2/opt with no signs of progress in either location. All I am able to do with any of these places is do it manually.

adssse,

I think Frugal DSL will look and load in the directory specified by mydsl= so if you had mydsl=hda2 then it would probably look in the root of hda2. I think you could put them in the /opt or any directory and then use that name with the mydsl= parm... mydsl=/hda2/opt

good luck

I have put them in /mnt/hda2 but I have not had any luck so far. Are they supposed to be in a mydsl menu after reboot? Right now I have to redo them manually after reboot. I followed the pdf word for word as far as I remember (just different numbers for the partitions), and the /home and /opt persistencys seem to be working correctly. During the install when it asked if I wanted to specify a place for mydsl I entered hda2. I did a frugal install on my laptop and an old desktop and I am having the same situation with both of them and I am not sure what to do.

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